#516F20#516F20

#516F20 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.111 H 127.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F20
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 32)
HSL	hsl(83, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(83, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 71.2%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.10, -24.01, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.10, 45.58, 121.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.0684 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.111 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3385, 13.2223, 3.4264)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516F20 #3E206F

analogous

#6F6520 #516F20 #296F20

triadic

#516F20 #20516F #6F2051

tetradic

#516F20 #206F65 #3E206F #6F2029

square

#516F20 #206F65 #3E206F #6F2029

split-complementary

#516F20 #20296F #65206F

monochromatic

#111807 #2E3F12 #516F20 #749F2E #95C841

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#516F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#516F20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F20

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F20	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.111 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859860',
    500: '#516f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f20;
$custom-light: #859860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.785,
    "s": 55.245,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50129,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F20

secondary

#6A48A3

accent

#49DF82

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2EA

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D05

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F20

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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